What's more joy-filled than announcing the birth of a long-awaited beautiful baby? I loved taking part in delivering the announcement to Lori and Craig's friends and loved ones. Sweet Mae Louise made her appearance earlier this summer, but because her mom and dad had been planning for her arrival for nine months prior, we were able to get a jump on creating these sweet cards to spread the news!

Lori had pulled a sweet palette of colors to work from as inspiration, and together we decided on this pink tone-on-tone print and flower illustration. I love how feminine the result and how fitting it turned out to be as a backdrop for the precious photograph.

The card's design was finalized and I went ahead and printed the envelopes with the return addresses, so mama could get a jump on addressing them. Next, we just waited for little Mae's due date. When she made her appearance, we filled in the birth date, time, and weight and it was off to the presses.

Births are such an exciting time in the lives of families and its fun to create announcements to help new parents share the news and the joy.